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The lasting solution for rising sea level |
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by Desire HOUNGNIGBE | 21-03-2019 05:42
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Climate change is a hot topic today, with many consequences around the world. Climate change is, therefore, an unusual manifestation of the natural climate. One of the recent signs of climate change is the cyclone phenomenon that occurred this month in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It shows that there is something abnormal in nature. Another manifestation of climate change is the rise of the oceans, the main focus of my report. Indeed, an increase in sea level is accelerating. It is the primary conclusion of the study of a Franco-Swiss team led by Anny Cazenave, Laboratory for Geophysical Studies and Oceanography in Toulouse, and published in the latest edition of the Journal Geophysical Research Letters. This is the first to detect an acceleration in the rate of ocean rise since satellite observations began in 1993. This work suggests that the sea level rose between 2004 and 2015 by 25% to 30% faster than the sea level between 1993 and 2004. They make it possible to reconcile two types of observations: sea level rise measurements on the one hand, and continental glacier loss measurements on the other side. (Stephane Foucart, 2017). Rising waters have been a known consequence of global warming for many years. It mainly affects island States or the Atoll States. An island state or Atoll State is an island concentrated in the Pacific Ocean or the Indian Ocean. More straightforwardly, it's land in the ocean, with people living there. It is the example of Seychelles, the Marshall Islands. Solving the problem of rising sea levels, for example, means finding short and medium-term solutions for these islands and long-term solutions for the entire planet. In the short term and the medium term, it is a question of finding a solution or solutions for the populations of these reefs (Atoll States) condemned to disappear. These solutions are much more forms of adaptation to rising water. These forms of adaptation are limited to three options. The first option is to protect the habitats of these islands through infrastructure and the environment. It involves the construction of dikes (raised earth, stones, wood, etc. to contain the waters of a river, a stream, a lake, and counter the waves of the sea); also the protective walls and the construction of artificial floating islands adjusting to sea level. A case in point is the city of Venise in Italy that was constructed on water . In addition to the human building, it is possible to use nature or the environment to combat the rise of the sea. Indeed some islands use environmental strategies such as the relocation of mangroves. Here is one of the wonders of nature. Indeed, it is a fact of trees able to live in the warm, salty and shallow waters of the trophies. Thanks to its curved aerial roots anchored in the mud, mangroves can absorb 70 to 90% of the ocean currents thus limiting the effects of waves. The second option is to raise the habitat, and the third option is to migrate within the state-Atoll or migrate squarely to another state. In the long run, all the states of the world will have to agree on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That is to say, limit as much as possible atmospheric pollution in all its forms (modern form, transport-related form, etc. And on this point, the world has enough effort to provide for our planet to be saved. Here are a few, and among others, some solutions that are presented to humanity in the face of the rise of the oceans and giving us solutions for dealing with climate change. |
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Thank you Kushal Naharki, Louis Mentor and Wonhee Mentor for your comments and contributions to my report. It is a great pleasure to read all of you also to learn from your ideas.
Thank you so much
Posted 30-03-2019 18:11
Hello Desire Houngnigbe
Thank you for addressing the problem of rising sea level and what we can do to adapt. As the rise of sea level is the most significant consequence of global warming, I really enjoyed reading your report. Also, I liked how you divided solutions into long-term one and short-term ones. As you pointed out, migrating human habitats or constructing artificial islands can??t be a fundamental solution. Thank you for sharing this important issue with others. It really made me think about the vulnerability of people living in islands.
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 27-03-2019 16:49
Hi Desire,
Thank you for your report and rising sea level is one of the most severe consequence of climate change. If rising sea level continues, there will be many countries which will go under water. Thus, we should all try to mitigate this problem at hand.
Thank you for your report and please keep it up.
Louis Mentor
Posted 27-03-2019 00:34
Hello Desire,
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your activities and thanks for this amazing report.It really has been issue of why rather than how are we going to mitigate the issue pertaining to the rising sea levels as climate change and global warming has resulted in enormous increase in the sea level which is likely to increase in future too if we don't take actions in time.
It really has been issue of why rather than how are we going to mitigate the issue pertaining to the rising sea levels.
Posted 25-03-2019 13:45
Thank you so much, Rosa and Asmita for your comments. Rosa, thank you for your contribution to my report about the Islands 'float.' I never know that before. It is for me the biggest takeaway from your comment.
Sincerely!
Posted 24-03-2019 18:45
Hello desire
Well written report with solutions to the point.
Thanks you so much for the report.
Green cheers from Nepal.
Posted 24-03-2019 11:05
Hi Desire,
It really has been issue of why rather than how are we going to mitigate the issue pertaining to the rising sea levels. I had watched a video by a Former vice president Al Gore about how countless hours and years of research was put forward to responsible decision makers to chnage their current practices for a more sustainable and Earth sensitive one, but to no avail.
Now, Oceania islands are the ones who are in the most danger of being wiped out of existence. I do hope that the solutions you have put down are currently being conducted. I do think thought that having these Islands 'float' would be a difficult task mainly because these Islands are of a volcanic origin, therefore, are stationary rooted islands. But I do think the other solutions can be done.
Thank you for reporting Desire!
Sincerely,
Rosa
Posted 22-03-2019 17:51